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Can't open pdf in safari
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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Hey all,
I get a message that the browser won't open a pdf. I thought it was supposed to be built in, do i have to install adobe reader? Thanks
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Join Date: Dec 2001
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Safari does open pdf files, I just tried it. Is this for all pdfs? And what is the message exactly?
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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Originally Posted by jmiddel
Safari does open pdf files, I just tried it. Is this for all pdfs? And what is the message exactly?
I tried to copy and paste it but it wouldnt let me. Basically said it couldn't open because something was missing and to fix it and try again.
I had downloaded adobe reader before and then deleted it. I wonder if that caused all these issues?
Adobe doesn't have reader in the apps store and I'm leery of downloading it again but I might have no choice
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Senior User
Join Date: Jul 2006
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I just did that with Safari, both from the Internet, and by dragging and dropping a .pdf file onto the Safari window. It works.
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Something is wrong somewhere then, I may never find out
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OK, here is the message. Outside of safari a pdf opened in preview. I dragged it over the safari icon and this is the message:
The Adobe Acrobat/reader selected for viewing pdf documents in browsers cannot be found at its installed location; it may have been moved or deleted.
Please reinstall or repair the application. (16:9)
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Senior User
Join Date: Jul 2006
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What happens if you select a local .pdf file, press Cmd-i, choose "Open with:", select Preview.app and click the "Change All:" button? Does that fix it?
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Apr 2001
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It wouldn't let me choose preview to open it.
I downloaded adobe reader and now it works fine.
I think when i first had reader than deleted it I also deleted the safari plugin that allowed pdfs to be read within safari. This was the only fix I could come up with
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Nov 1999
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Unlikely. You probably deleted Adobe Reader but did NOT delete its plug-in. So the plug-in grabbed the PDF, but the actual Reader engine wasn't available to do the work.
I don't have Reader installed, though, so this is guessing. I won't let it touch my system. I really hate the way Reader handles PDFs in Safari.
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Mac Enthusiast
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I had used easy find to find all things related to reader and deleted them, I guess I went too far! I actually prefer the way reader handles pdf's but it is a big program-400 mb.
Oh well, lesson learned
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Nov 1999
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Do you still have the
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CorePDF.framework
and
/Library/PDF Services
folders, as well as the
/System/Library/Components/PDFImporter.component
System component?
If yes, then it's probably Reader remnants that are still in your way.
If not, then it's most easily fixed by reinstalling the system (which will re-install all of these default components, as well).
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Apr 2001
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I'll check when I get home tomorrow night, but a re-nstall I wouldn't look forward to!
Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
Do you still have the
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CorePDF.framework
and
/Library/PDF Services
folders, as well as the
/System/Library/Components/PDFImporter.component
System component?
If yes, then it's probably Reader remnants that are still in your way.
If not, then it's most easily fixed by reinstalling the system (which will re-install all of these default components, as well).
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